Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-16
HERR PAULUS,
HIS RISE, HIS GREATNESS AND HIS
FALL.
Ny Walter Besant, Author of GAN Sorts
and Conditions of Men, etc, etc.
The Right of Translation Is Rcservcdj
BOOK THE SECOND.
CHAPTER N1.-ON1Y A Kiss.

CHAPTER NI.-ONIG Mss.
There was one room in the house into
which we have not yet penetrated-a
small room on the first floor, which for
beauty, comfort. and dantiness eXcelle d
all the other rooms in the house. 1t was
so beautiful and 50 dainty, because it had
been the girls room formerly so called
but was now Cicely's room. When school
came to an end and the last of the gov
ernesses departed, Sibyl left the room, but
Cicely remained Everything belon ged
to the blind girl the books, which Hetty
read to her, the pictures, also read to her
by Hetty the pretty things which she
could not see; yet it is undoubtedly good
for blind girl to be surrounded by things
beautiful The music was hers, which
Hetty played toher, the piano was hers on
which she herself played, letting her fin
gers wander over the keys, while to her
sghtless eyes there came visons-what
visions What do they see, the blind :
How do they shape and color the world ?
What is form, what is color to the blind Z
How do they imagine the tender green OF
the young leaves in June the fragility of
the flowers the thousand hues of nature
the charms OF beauty the magic of the
y
shadows of the hills what are they like
the visions and the fancies of the blind
| know not Cicely's visions came to her,
bringing happiness unspeakAble some
times when she heard sweet music, some
times when she heard great poetry, some
times when she listened to the voice of a
certain young man, who spoke as she had
never before heard any man speak.
He came often to this room; he came
nearly every day generally he came in
the afternoon, between tea and tie first
dinner bell quiet and lazy time when
the lamp was lit, the curtains drawn, and
the cold east wind shut ont. There was no
concealments about his visits he went
openly to the room anybody who wanted
MIN at this time would look for HIM in
Clcelys room. The whole house was his.
II you had asked him why he came here
he would have replied, with as mnch can
dour as you have any right to eXpect-it
is not possible, unhappily, for any man to
De wholly candid-that he loved above all
things except, perhaps Distinction ma
terial comfort, physical ease, warmth, and
the contemplation of things beautiful.
Like many other preachers and philoso-
pliers, while he despised riches, he ardent
~ loved those things which only riches
can procure. Indeed, it is too often for
gotten, especially by parents, guardians,
tutors, and teachers, how much more in
tense is the craving for these things in
first manhood, when these things are the
least attainable, than in age In the early
twentles young man yearns and Graves
Tor physical ease and for love and for
beauty he grows sick for lack of these
life is worthless because he cannot get
them. BY the time he gets to fifty he has
had much experience Of little ease, hard
work and cold weather; and besides has
had some moderate share Of happiness
and of love, insomuch tfat the old yearn
ing, like a fierce fire that has burned it
self out, only shoulders and as for
things beautiful, they are ultimately con
nectcd with persons beautiful, and, there
fore, it is no use ye3rning after what be
longs TO the young. Now, alas
Love will OF up hm
Maid Will not clip him;
Maud aud Marion pass him b..
If further pressed, Paul would have gone
on to cOnfeSs-hut he had most whole.
some Protestant hatred of the Comics
soDal-that he could get warmth and
easy chairs in other parts of the house,
even in his own room, by himself, or in
Toms room, but he could get nowhere
else the undivided companiOnship of two
beautiful girls, sweet, confiding, and
believing. Every Prophet, even a false
Prophet, loves TO have disciples who
never question.
Hither he came and here he talked Of
things, the contemplation of which lifts
the soul which submits to be lifted and to
be guided. Men are too stiff necked to
submit nave never seen III any cluD
smoklng-roOm either a prophet VINO
wanted TO M other men souls, or men
VINO supmltted thelr souls TO be llfted. a
shoVe up-as baxter poeucally puts It's
The last thing which men ask of each other
But how many women are ALWAYS look
ing lor II Paut spoke OF HE and death,
OF che barrier Wnlch lies between, of the
eternal Worlu OF Whlch TINS HE Is but
tiny episode rs the soul marches upward
or downward was 1t nonsense which he
talked know NOT. His soft and must
cal voice ms dark and peautiiul eyes, his
presence and his comeIiness made it more
than sense-diyine wisdom, so that the
hearts OF the two girls gloWed.
Ihere Is not, his words flowed mu-
sically, anything IN this world that man
can make or desire or aim at which is
really of the smallest importance. Love
He may wait for 1t, because beyond the
BARRIERS we say, but there is no Barrier
love awaits him far deeper and more
holy than any earthly love. Wealth II
can do nothing for the soul. knowledge